It was the final weekend before the playoffs and now the playoff picture is set. In a surprising turn, UVic defaulted their match at Capilano and we understand Caps will be awarded 5 points. The quarter-finals look to be CW @ Lomas and Caps @ Westshore with Ravens and UBC getting a first round bye. We’ll wait for any final BCRU ruling on the UVic default before calling it official.
After weeks without sun and with plenty of rain of late this match was moved off the Westshore fields to Cowichan which generously hosted the two teams on short notice. But a soft pitch, on and off rain and a slick ball led to a defensive standoff for much of the game with no try from open play being scored till after 60 minutes.
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend of March 29th 2025. He’s included a playoff “snapshot” which will be updated each week as the standings change. He’s also added a new column “ROC” to monitor BC Rugby applied sanctions that need to be factored in to make the win/loss/points add up correctly.
This is the last weekend of the scheduled regular season, there’s one more weekend of make-up games next week and then the playoffs start April 12th.
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend of March 22nd 2025. He’s included a playoff “snapshot” which will be updated each week as the standings change. He’s also added a new column “ROC” to monitor BC Rugby applied sanctions that need to be factored in to make the win/loss/points add up correctly.
There are 2 weekends of regular season left after this weekend, Week 15 and a Make-Up weekend in April. The playoffs start April 12th. A couple of teams are in must win scenarios in order to keep their playoff hopes alive, plus UBC v Meraloma features a battle for a first round playoff bye.
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend of March 15th 2025. Tables ordered by points per game. Note these are the unofficial standings, the official competition page is maintained by the BCRU.
Only 3 more weekends of regular season play after this weekend, time is running out for teams trying to capture the last playoff spot while near the top of the standings UBC and Lomas battle for the #2 playoff ranking and a quarter-final bye.
On a cold, wet, windy day at Connaught the two west side clubs gathered at midfield for a moment’s silence to honour long time Meraloma member Chas Teeple who recently passed away. Chas was a skilled flyhalf, a class guy and a lover of rugby and of the camaraderie that surrounds it. I recall watching him play in the late 1960s when he led the St Georges backline and later when he manned the #10 jersey with the Lomas. Looking around the sidelines at the game on Saturday there were Bobby Brown and referee assessor on the day Al Hudson who were Chas’s teammates and friends back in the day. Raven Rick Bourne was a high school rival and later a friend. There’s a long BC rugby through line from those days to today.
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend of March 8th 2025. He’s included a playoff “snapshot” which will be updated each week as the standings change.